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Home > Adventures Abroad > Turkey 2006 > Bosphorus Cruise, 3/31/2006 Last additions - Bosphorus Cruise, 3/31/2006 The Beylerbeyi Palace616 viewsOn the Asian side of the Bosphorus; used as a summer residence by the Sultan. (These guys had more palaces than they knew what to do with.)Oct 10, 2019 The High-Rent District630 viewsWe were assured that property values along the Bosphorus were some of the highest in the world. I don't doubt it, but one wonders about the consequences of sea-level rise for these elegant waterfront properties.Oct 10, 2019 Yali621 viewsWaterside houses like these are known as yali in Turkish. They are found on both sides of the Bosphorus but especially the Asian side. They are usually second homes for the very wealthy.Oct 10, 2019 Local Color693 viewsThis yali took the prize for having the most flamboyant color.Oct 10, 2019 The Squeeze638 viewsSome yali are built so close together that there's literally no daylight between them.Oct 10, 2019 Ultra-modern Mansions694 viewsNo throwing stones here.Oct 10, 2019 Mehmed the Conqueror Bridge640 viewsNamed after the conqueror of Constantinople. Completed in 1988. Spans the Bosphorus from near the Rumelihisari on the European side (left) to the Asian side, at right.Oct 10, 2019 Küçüksu Palace627 viewsNeo-Baroque structure, built on the waterfront on the Asian side of the Bosphorus as a summer residence for the Sultan.Oct 10, 2019 Anadolu Hisarı672 viewsFortress built in 1393-94 on the Asian side of the Bosphorus, in preparation for the first, unsuccessful, siege of Constantinople by Sultan Bayezid I. Over a half-century later, Mehmed II the Conqueror used it, in tandem with the newly-built Rumeli Hisarı on the European side, to close the Bosphorus for his successful siege of 1453.Oct 10, 2019 Evolution of a Fortress596 viewsAfter the conquest of Constantinople, Rumelihisari served first as a customs barrier and then a prison. Today it is a museum that also hosts concerts and various kinds of festivals.Oct 10, 2019 Cut-throat Castle663 viewsThe original name of Rumelihisari was "Boğazkesen", which means "strait-cutter"; but "boğaz" means "throat" as well as "strait" in Turkish, so the implication was that it was going to cut the throat of Byzantium - which it did.Oct 10, 2019 Rumelihisari - ("Rumelian Castle")636 viewsBuilt in 1451-52 as part of Sultan Mehmet II's plan of securing the Bosphorus in preparation for the conquest of Constantinople. 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